Farmers & Mechanics Bank v. Nelson
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity Side of the Gircuit Court for Carroll county. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, on the 2nd of April 1853, against the appellants, for the specific performance of an alleged contract of subscription for stock in the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Carroll county, and for an account of the arrears of dividends thereon, and to compel Mathias to pay over the proceeds of a certain single bill to the bank, in payment of said stock, and the…
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Appeal from the Equity Side of the Gircuit Court for Carroll county. The bill in this case was filed by the appellee, on the 2nd of April 1853, against the appellants, for the specific performance of an alleged contract of subscription for stock in the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Carroll county, and for an account of the arrears of dividends thereon, and to compel Mathias to pay over the proceeds of a certain single bill to the bank, in payment of said stock, and the balance, if any, with interest, to the complainant. The bill alleges, that on the 14th of October 1850, the bank, by its…
1Dissent
Le Grand, G. J.,
delivered the following dissenting opinion:
The bill filed in this case had for its purpose the passage of a decree compelling the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Carroll county to make (he usual entries on its books, that the complainant was a stockholder of one hundred shares of stock in said bank, and to issue to the complainant the usual certificate to that effect, and to set forth an account of the arrears of dividends on said stock, and to pay said arrears to complainant, and that the defendant, Mathias, be decreed to pay over the proceeds of a certain single bill to the…
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